Mary E. Mendoza
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Ways of Seeing: Virus outbreak of 1924 overtook California in unprecedented ways
In 1924 a virus outbreak overtook the state of California in unprecedented ways. The virus, known in Latin as aphtae epizooticae is a hardy virus that can spread rapidly. Virus…
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Ways of Seeing: Crisis underscores good fortune
There is a lot going on in the world right now, but I confess that I have been frequently and somewhat blissfully unaware of most of it. At…
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Ways of Seeing: Reflections on the 4th of July
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and to the future.” Frederick Douglass said that in a speech…